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In this paper, we propose the Model Reference Adaptive Control & Reinforcement Learning (MRAC-RL) approach to developing online policies for systems in which modeling errors occur in real-time. Although reinforcement learning (RL)…
We propose a learning-based robust predictive control algorithm that compensates for significant uncertainty in the dynamics for a class of discrete-time systems that are nominally linear with an additive nonlinear component. Such systems…
This paper explores the properties of adaptive systems with closed-loop reference models. Using additional design freedom available in closed-loop reference models, we design new adaptive controllers that are (a) stable, and (b) have…
This paper proposes a model predictive controller for discrete-time linear systems with additive, possibly unbounded, stochastic disturbances and subject to chance constraints. By computing a polytopic probabilistic positively invariant set…
This paper considers the problem of output feedback control for non-square multi-input multi-output systems with arbitrary relative degree. The proposed controller, based on the L1 adaptive control architecture, is designed using the right…
One of the main features of adaptive systems is an oscillatory convergence that exacerbates with the speed of adaptation. Recently it has been shown that Closed-loop Reference Models (CRMs) can result in improved transient performance over…
A continuous adaptive control design is developed for nonlinear dynamical systems with linearly parameterizable uncertainty involving time-varying uncertain parameters. The key feature of this design is a robust integral of the sign of the…
In this paper, we present Robust Model Predictive Control (MPC) problems with adjustable uncertainty sets. In contrast to standard Robust MPC problems with known uncertainty sets, we treat the uncertainty sets in our problems as additional…
We propose a robust adaptive Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy with online set-based estimation for constrained linear systems with unknown parameters and bounded disturbances. A sample-based test applied to predicted trajectories is…
Recent developments in data-driven control have revived interest in the behavioral approach to systems theory, where systems are defined as sets of trajectories rather than being described by a specific model or representation. However,…
This paper presents a reinforcement learning-based neuroadaptive control framework for robotic manipulators operating under deferred constraints. The proposed approach improves traditional barrier Lyapunov functions by introducing a smooth…
In this paper, a control scheme is developed based on an input constrained Model Predictive Controller (MPC) and the idea of modifying the reference command to enforce constraints, usual of Reference Governors (RG). The proposed scheme,…
A recent approach to the control of underactuated systems is to look for control laws which will induce some specified structure on the closed loop system. This basic idea is used in several papers already. In this paper, we will describe…
This paper investigates the finite time stabilization problem for a class of nonlinear systems with unknown control directions and unstructured uncertainties. The unstructured uncertainties indicate that not only the parameters but also the…
This paper proposes a control architecture integrating adaptation with Lyapunov-based Reference Governors (LRGs) to ensure state constraint satisfaction for first-order systems with parametric uncertainties. Adaptation combined with LRGs…
In this paper, the tracking control problem of a class of Euler-Lagrange systems subjected to unknown uncertainties is addressed and an adaptive-robust control strategy, christened as Time-Delayed Adaptive Robust Control (TARC) is…
This paper presents adaptive robust quadratic program (QP) based control using control Lyapunov and barrier functions for nonlinear systems subject to time-varying and state-dependent uncertainties. An adaptive estimation law is proposed to…
Robust data-driven controllers typically rely on datasets from previous experiments, which embed information on the variability of the system parameters across past operational conditions. Complementarily, data collected online can…
This work develops a new direct adaptive control framework that extends the certainty equivalence principle to general nonlinear systems with unmatched model uncertainties. The approach adjusts the rate of adaptation online to eliminate the…
We address the tracking problem for a class of uncertain non-affine nonlinear systems with high relative degrees, performing non-repetitive tasks. We propose a rigorously proven, robust adaptive learning control scheme that relies on a…